With the city emerging as a hub for international business travel, global hospitality brands are checking into Bangalore rather rapidly. Starwood Hotels and Resorts opened Sheraton Hotel at Brigade Gateway in Malleswaram last week. Switzerland-based Movenpick Hotels & Resorts is opening its first 5-star property in the country in Bangalore on June 1, 2011.

Many more are in line, and over the next two years, the city will witness an addition of 2,500 rooms across categories (3-star budget to 5-star luxury). Bangalore currently has about 5,550 rooms in these categories.

Several of the new launches will be in the five-star deluxe category. Prestige Estates Projects has partnered with JW Marriott to build a 300-room luxury resort hotel -Prestige Golfshire - on Nandi Hills Road. Shangri-La on Palace Road and Ritz Carlton on Residency Road are expected to be ready within the next two years.

Source: 27. May. 2011, TOI